Wechat was created by the product team of Tencent Guangzhou R&D Center. Team leader Zhang Xiaolong. Ma, president of Tencent, confirmed the name of this product as "WeChat" in the email of product planning. Zhang Xiaolong, founder of Foxmail, founder of WeChat and senior vice president of Tencent.

Zhang Xiaolong graduated from the Telecommunications Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree respectively. Known as "the father of WeChat", it was named "20 12 China Innovative Person" by the Wall Street Journal. Mainly responsible for the management of R&D department of Tencent Guangzhou, and participating in the management and evaluation of major innovation projects of Tencent.

Zhang Xiaolong, male, 1969 was born on February 3rd in gaosha town, Dongkou County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, China. My ancestral home is Weijiaqiao Town, Shaodong City, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. He is the senior vice president of Tencent, the founder of Foxmail and the founder of WeChat.

Software function of wechat

1, chat function

The basic function of WeChat is chatting. Users can chat with friends or groups through WeChat, and send and receive messages such as text, voice, pictures and videos. In addition, WeChat also supports various expressions, voice translation and other functions to make users' chats more vivid and interesting.

2. Payment function

The payment function of WeChat has a high penetration rate in China. Users can pay public services such as electricity, water and telephone charges through WeChat, or send and receive cash through WeChat red envelopes. In addition, WeChat payment also supports online shopping, paying vehicle fines and other living payment methods, which greatly facilitates people's lives.

3. Friends circle function

Friends circle is a popular function on WeChat. Users can share text, pictures, short videos and other contents in the circle of friends, and at the same time, they can browse the status of friends and make likes and comments. The circle of friends not only meets the needs of users to share their lives, but also provides a platform for users to interact with friends.